Sandy’s Comments (group member since Dec 14, 2015)

Sandy’s comments from the Reading the Detectives group.

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Wayne wrote: "Susan wrote: "Hi Wayne - glad you found us :)"

Happy to be here Susan, Where do I find the links to the previous group reads (Cadfael) please. Thanks"

Cadfael is in the 'buddy reads' section. We read the first one in August of 2019 so it is a ways down, but will pop back up to the top if you add a comment.

At the very end of the group page there is a bookshelf section. Clicking on 'see more' will pull up many pages of books we've read.

Annabel wrote: "I've just finished Catriona McPherson's The Mirror Dance , the latest in her Dandy Gilver period crime series set in Scotland of the 1920s-30s.

I love this ser..."

I read the first few, quite liked them so I'm not sure why I stopped. Maybe the library didn't have the next one when I wanted it or I have so many series going some get left behind. I'm glad the friendship remains platonic as I feared the author might take it in another direction.

Welcome Wayne. I have many mystery series going myself. I'm currently reading the latest in a modern day series (The Night Hawks), just finished one in a cozy historical series (Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding), as well as our Cadfael selection.

I recently read a mystery set in South Africa in the 1950's, A Beautiful Place to Die, that, I thought, gave a wonderful sense of time and place.

Susan in NC wrote: "Jackie wrote: "Susan in NC wrote: "Just finished Checkmate to Murder last night, I’m going to start our August Christie, They Came to Baghdad. Always enjoy Christie, and I’m not sure ..."

August it is!

I've read a delightful book, Two Old Men and a Baby: Or, How Hendrik and Evert Get Themselves into a Jam. Long may Hendrik live and prosper.

Abigail wrote: "Today Slightly Foxed, a rather delightful site and publisher of retro twentieth-century books, has released a new podcast about Golden Age crime writers. I’m not a listener to podcasts but some of ..."

Thank you; I've downloaded it.

I also enjoy the series for the same attributes as Susan and Jill. Cadfael is a wonderful person and the time period is evoked so very well.

That start was quite atmospheric!

Jackie wrote: "Rosina wrote: "We may just be seeing him at his worst. He must have been capable of being reasonable, since he charmed Fay, and to some extent Camilla."

I think Camilla was repulsed by him."

I agree Camilla was not charmed but after money. So I was surprised that her husband returned the check as I thought this was basically how they lived even though it was distasteful to him.

He was at his worst as he had planned a quiet week-end with the Hallidays, giving him lots of time with Camilla.

Perhaps she could have something on him that she would reveal if he treated her too badly. Or, perhaps, this is why I don't write mysteries.

This was a reread for me and soon after the 'unfinished clue' was introduced I remembered the why dunnit, but had the wrong who dunnit. I thought it was Mrs. Twining, that she moved to be close to her son, Arthur recognized her thus he was more tolerant of her. Except that I don't want Mrs. Twining to be a murderer, I think my ending works better. It eliminates the husband not recognizing his wife, explains Mrs. Twining being almost family, and the coincidence of the vicar being posted to the neighborhood by chance is not needed.

My favorite is Lola, especially as she and Camilla interact.

I've started, not very far in, and while this is a reread I only remember stuff as I encounter it. I enjoy Lola.

Susan wrote: "The discussion threads for our Jul/Aug buddy reads are now open:
The Sanctuary Sparrow - Ellis Peters
The Unfinished Clue - Georgette Heyer
The Scandal at 23 Mount Street - Clara Benson"

Oops, I had better start the two I will be reading soon, hopefully tonight.

Jill wrote: "I am now reading Death at Victoria Dock the fourth in the Phryne Fisher series by Kerry Greenwood. I really like the Phryne as a character"

That is a fun series and the very latest will be waiting for me at the library very soon.

Rosina wrote: "I know I started this red herring, but everyone's comments have made me realise that while it would have been incredibly risky as a key intended element of the murder method, where it would take on..."

I agree completely. I got to tied up in the ways that wouldn't work and overlooked the fact it was NOT part of the plan. An excellent Christie twist.

And the latest Ruth Galloway, The Night Hawks is waiting for me!

I've started A Beautiful Place to Die, set in 1950's apartheid South Africa. The sense of time and place are vivid and I am learning a lot about the apartheid laws.